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Raimi Gbadamosi
RAIMI GBADAMOSI is an artist, writer and curator. Currently head of the Department of Visual Arts at the University of Pretoria, Gbadamosi received his Doctorate in Fine Art from the Slade School of Fine Art in London. His work media include multiples, music, websites, writing and audience participation. At the core stands the need to create debate, instead of representing preconceived concerns defined by specific social, cultural and political cant.
According to Zoe Li (Arts Council England): “Raimi’s work investigates the complexity of social and cultural politics, often challenging our view on ethnicity, race and culture.” Key pieces include Swadsquad, a three-sided chessboard. In 2007 he participated with commissioned artists at Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery, where he created an alternative tour of the museum entitled Drakes Circus, drawing attention to objects of interest relating to slavery. Examples of Gbadamosi's work are held in several public art collections, including the Tate Gallery and the British Museum.
He is a member of the Interdisciplinary Research Group ‘Afroeuropeans’ (University of Leon, Spain) and the ‘Black Body’ group (Goldsmiths College, London). He is on the Editorial Board of African Studies (Savvy), and the Boards of Elastic Residence (London) and Relational (Bristol). Recent national and international shows and events include Cemetery (Johannesburg Art Gallery), Africa Futures, Johannesburg in Africa at the Goethe Institute in Johannesburg, Paternité at Saint Denis (Reunion) in 2015, Banquet in South Hill Park Bracknell (UK) in 2011, and Exchange Mechanism at Belfast Exposed (Northern Ireland) in 2010. A prolific writer, books by Gbadamosi include incredulous, ordinary people, extraordinary people, contents, Drink Horizontal, Drink Vertical, The Dreamers' Perambulator, and four word. Select publication contributions include: Cemetery, 2015; Representing Enslavement and Abolition on Museums, Routledge, 2011; Black British Perspectives, Sable, 2011. Select essays include ‘What Is This Afroeuropean?’ in Scuffles in the Cathedral: Of Principalities and Powers, Tate Encounters; The Delight of Giant- Slayers: Or Can Artists Commit Their Lives to Paper?, ArtMonitor, Sweden.